Uncomfortably funny at times. If you can't see your own most embarrassing moments in this book, then you were far too popular in high school for yourUncomfortably funny at times. If you can't see your own most embarrassing moments in this book, then you were far too popular in high school for your own good....more

This book was so corrupting that I felt violated. I was a captive audience to characters I violently detested. I left it on the plane in protest, andThis book was so corrupting that I felt violated. I was a captive audience to characters I violently detested. I left it on the plane in protest, and then felt sorry for whomever might pick it up in curiosity. A vile read....more

Selfishly, I wanted to see a current-day reflection of the life my Mormon great grandmother had lived. I was not disappointed. Jon Krakauer's lyricalSelfishly, I wanted to see a current-day reflection of the life my Mormon great grandmother had lived. I was not disappointed. Jon Krakauer's lyrical journalism followed the current FLDS leaders doggedly and gave light to the tangle of communities along the Arizona/Utah border that still follow polygamous prophecies....more

Like Tom Robbins' book "Skinny Legs and All" which gave life to a set of surly flatware traveling the country at imperceptibly slow speeds, this bookLike Tom Robbins' book "Skinny Legs and All" which gave life to a set of surly flatware traveling the country at imperceptibly slow speeds, this book animates the inanimate in fascinating ways. We so often overlook the photosynthesizers as inanimate and uninteresting objects. This book lifts that veil and grants powers previously owned by fauna alone to the flora around us. Plant drama!...more

This collection is a guilty pleasure, a discrete vantage point into another era. Consider an American culture where female drivers are openly ridiculeThis collection is a guilty pleasure, a discrete vantage point into another era. Consider an American culture where female drivers are openly ridiculed, women working in any profession is tantamount to treason against the family. It sounds fringe now, but at one point was the dominant paradigm. If you ever consider your feminist-based gender-egalitarianism flagging, brush hands with this slender tome. It's a reminder of our common past....more